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Wow, Flaps. If you scored good Panaitan, that must've been amazing. Every video I've seen of that place is really amazing!

Here's the link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCNMif2xJ5c Gorgeous photography, but I suspect an omission of one among the many descriptive modes of surfing. Hmmm...I just can't put my knee on it....WAIT -- IT'S COMING TO ME!!!..........................................................

Thanks for writing out your first experiences. It's amazing, isn't it, how time seems to slow down on an incredible experience on a wave, one that proves to be a quantum leap to the next level. Glad you're still at it so many years later.

Ah, yes, you're right. Thanks for reminding me about Silverbacks.

Sounds like a very fun trip, Quadfin. Is the Bluff the same as that reefy right that you see in film clips of that area?

That's the most unique wave of building a spoon I've ever heard of--amazing, Polymath. So the cord is added both for padding on the deck and to aid floatation? Unreal... I've had a traditional spoon some years back that my brother gifted to me (that I then gifted back to him because it was such &quo...

Wow, amazing photos--really showed a wide range of his talents in the water. Thanks, Joe!

The final kneeboarding contest in the Northwestern Conference (Santa Cruz area) was today at Pleasure Point. What a great way to finish the three-event season, with 4-6 ft. Pleasure Point on a very solid south swell! There were lots of beautiful waves on a sunny day with very light winds, often offs...

We have a space open for at least one currently registered NSSA kneelo who would like to join others already signed up for the Saturday, March 28 NSSA contest at Pleasure Point. There will be two kneeboarding 3-man semi-final heats, and a 4-man final. Two long period ground swells are predicted to b...

Nice to watch some video, Kurt. I appreciate your doing this, plus the screenshots you placed on this site, too. Randy Reed and Mike Neal reported the final results to me as: 1st place: Roger Hughes 2nd place: Mike Neal 3rd place: Don Harris 4th place: Randy Reed Big congrats to Roger, who has won b...

yeah, it's really fun to experiment with fins, I'm finding. Then whenever the surf has some real punch to it, slam those BC Rudders back in and let yer Blast fly!

Norm, all of my boards are Blasts--yes, I love to use the BC rudders for larger surf when I want all hold and all drive. I am only using the smaller fins for smaller surf with those boards.

The rear fins on the Blast quads are very similar to the GX size, just stiffer.

There's a lot of different opinions on this, Norm, and if the guys weigh in on the subject en masse, well, you'll be more confused than ever, yet know your choices. I, too, was on that same quest to loosen up my boards, feeling comfortable with my ability to move quickly down the line and make waves...

Paul's feelings are very much mine--the great surprise of someone young and fit dying from pneumonia under modern medical care. I guess we must be ready to pass from this life at any time...nothing is guaranteed. Doesn't he also leave behind a family? Can someone tell me about this? I'm glad I got t...

Always nice to know you can really loosen up the board at any time by putting those original fins back in. Loose kneeboards don't just fall out of trees, believe me...